Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 2x05 - "An Embarrassment of Dooplers"

[cooleddie74]

Odo did love to rub it in that he was the alpha dog of station security.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Odo did love to rub it in that he was the alpha dog of station security.

I love his smile and the fact that he had the padd just sitting there waiting for the moment that Worf would come in and do this. "Really?"

 

[Therin of Andor]

2. Data Bubble Bath is something I am Mandella effecting on. Did I own this as a child? Is it real?

Alien, NASA and Borg bubblebath by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

[Charles Phipps]

The "Vulcans Vulcans Vulcans" bit is oddly my favorite....in like all of Star Trek.

 

[Amaris]

The "Vulcans Vulcans Vulcans" bit is oddly my favorite....in like all of Star Trek.

The chase scene was a blast. It gave off a Blues Brothers vibe for me.

 

[Gepard]

I teared up a little at the end. I loved Mariner and Boimler's names being carved next to Kirk and Spock. I thought that was just wonderful.

It was a risky creative choice that could easily have come across as presumptuous or arrogant, but I thought it played beautifully. They earned some emotion with this one.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

I've always liked the characters in this show, but Mariner's display of vulnerability in this episode really made me appreciate how much I like her and how distinctive and nuanced Tawny Newsome's performance is.

 

[Tuskin38]

The chase scene was a blast. It gave off a Blues Brothers vibe for me.

I think that was intentional. Bard was even reading off the shops

 

[Noname Given]

I don’t think Starfleet knows how a +1 works. What if someone wanted to bring a loved one who wasn’t in Starfleet?
It was a very strange party

Yep and given that, I wonder why Spock was refused as Kirk's plus one; as in the 23rd century era the Starship Class/Constitution Class was the top of the line ship for Starfleet. Again the whole reason Mariner was denied access was because she served on a California class; and the party was Vesta class crew or above.

 

[Paul755]

The chase scene was a blast. It gave off a Blues Brothers vibe for me.

all that was missing was an upside down security car with one of the guards complaining about a broken watch.

 

[Amaris]

This could have been made previously in the thread, as I haven't read the whole thing:
Richard Kind was the voice of the Doopler ambassador.
The Dooplers duplicate when embarrassed, so that you end up with...

An embarrassment of riches?

 

[BillJ]

Yep and given that, I wonder why Spock was refused as Kirk's plus one; as in the 23rd century era the Starship Class/Constitution Class was the top of the line ship for Starfleet. Again the whole reason Mariner was denied access was because she served on a California class; and the party was Vesta class crew or above.

Vulcans are classic party poopers, Spock was rejected because they thought he would ruin the party.

 

[Kelso]

Yep and given that, I wonder why Spock was refused as Kirk's plus one; as in the 23rd century era the Starship Class/Constitution Class was the top of the line ship for Starfleet. Again the whole reason Mariner was denied access was because she served on a California class; and the party was Vesta class crew or above.

It depends on the party, I guess. Perhaps it was exclusive to starships commanded by Commodores (who hadn't yet gone mad.)

 

[F. King Daniel]

How did I not realise the guy in the Pike wheelchair was Alex Kurtzman?

 

[cooleddie74]

I guess he has a pretty good sense of humor about himself.

 

[Noname Given]

How did I not realise the guy in the Pike wheelchair was Alex Kurtzman?

Actually I think it was the lower decks executive producer Mike McMahan :

 

[cooleddie74]

The hair was more grey, though. The consensus seems to be it was supposed to be Alex Kurtzman.

 

[Gepard]

Paralyzing the head of the franchise and sticking him in a wheelchair is a power move.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The hair was more grey, though.

And he actually had it on top!

 

[cooleddie74]

It's Kurtzman.